Arrowmax have introduced their new 7.4V 5000mAh low-profile LiPo battery pack. Aimed at touring car racers the battery utilises an only 22.5mm tall hardcase to lower the car’s centre of gravity. It is made using high-performance 55C/110C cells, ideal for both Modified and Stock racing, and uses 5mm tube-type connectors.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Round two of the BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the famous Robin Hood Raceway. As usual the 2WD portion of the event was held on Saturday and in round 1 of qualifying Neil Cragg would take the round by near 6 seconds. Craig Collinson came in 2nd and Kev Lee in 3rd. In round 2 Lee Martin would snatch the top spot from his team mate Tom Cockerill and with Craig in at the 3rd spot. Craig Collinson with a 3rd had already cemented his A-final. The 3rd round was again exhibition stuff from Neil Cragg to go some 5 seconds quicker on time and take round 3 with Lee in 2nd, Craig another 3rd with Tom Cockrill in 4th. The last round would decide the pole position on the grid, a shoot out between the superstars but a certain Tom Yardy popped up to the party to set a blistering time. It was the fastest at the time. Lee had it all to do and was on fire from the off. Lap by lap he was on and off beating Tom’s time and at the end he took another second off Tom’s time to take the fastest time of the day and also secure pole for the final. 2nd in round went to Tom Yardy with Neil in 3rd.
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New from Sweep Racing comes a range of silicone shock and differential fluids. Made using pure high-quality silicone oil the fluids are available as 200cst to 950cst shock and 1k to 10k gear differential variants and they come in 50ml bottles with pointed caps for easy and convenient use.
Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]
Samix have introduced aluminium servo arms for a range of Axial vehicles. Machined from high-quality aluminium the arms are of a clamping design for a secure fit even in high-stress applications. Available as 23T and 25T variant the arms offer 16mm and 20mm ball stud mounting positions, they are available in six different colours and fit the Axial SCX10, XR10, Wraith, AX10 and Exo.
Coming from Kyosho and made for the R4Evo 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car is the V2 aluminium upper rear bulkhead set. Using the parts makes for more rigidity of the rear end for improved traction while two different camper mount plates allow for a wider setup range. Included in the set are two new upper bulkhead halves, two carbon fibre camber plates and suitable hardware.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
The 3rd round of the SRS series was held at the relatively unknown ARC venue near Colchester. The Nitro Buggy class was dominated by Tony Truman taking the TQ and win, with Mark Rumble 2nd and Mark Everitt 3rd. The Truggy class saw an excellent win by James Tatlow, who drove an excellent final to take top honours after placing his truggy on pole. Backing up James were fellow Agama racers Allan Bridgeman and Martin Hart to complete the podium.
ST Racing Concepts have introduced new option parts for the Axial SCX10 truck in the form of a front bumper mount and two rear chassis braces. CNC machined from high-quality aluminium, the heavy-duty chassis rail brace and bumper mounts will add great strength while adding visual impact. The parts allow for various combinations of builds, like mounting a Honcho style front bumper, eliminating the rear bumper all together, or allowing the addition of tail lights to the SCX10. The front chassis brace/bumper mount is machined specifically for the SCX10 Honcho bumper while the rear chassis brace is for SCX10 vehicles that does not require an installation of a rear bumper and adds increase in durability and looks to the rear of the vehicle. The third new part, the light bucket rear chassis brace is for those SCX10 owners that have forward mounted batteries and wish to also install rear tail lights on their SCX10. The parts are available in black, gun metal, green or silver anodising.
This Sunday saw round 2 of the Deerdale Summer Series and the weather had treated the drivers to the hottest day of the year so far. In Nitro Buggy, Carlo De Marco took TQ with teammate Dan Austin qualifying 2nd. The final went pretty much the same way with Carlo converting the TQ position into a comfortable victory and Dan Austin coming in 2nd. Only a last lap wobble costing Wes Jolly the final podium spot.
